Upaniṣads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,9.28:2
॥
Devanāgarī
त्वचः एव अस्य रुधिरम् प्रस्यन्दि त्वचः उत्पटः तस्मात् तत् आतृण्णात् प्रैति रसः वृक्षात् इव आहतात्
Transliteración (IAST)
tvacaḥ eva asya rudhiram prasyandi tvacaḥ utpaṭaḥ tasmāt tat ātṛṇṇāt praiti rasaḥ vṛkṣāt iva āhatāt
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
त्वचःtvacaḥof the skin; of the bark
एवevaindeed; only
अस्यasyait; of this
रुधिरम्rudhiramblood (rudhira); the blood; the blood
प्रस्यन्दिprasyandiit oozes (pra-syandin); it streams; it oozes
त्वचःtvacaḥof the skin; of the bark
उत्पटःutpaṭaḥthe stripped bark; a tearing of the skin
तस्मात्tasmāttherefore; for that reason
तत्tatthat; this
आतृण्णात्ātṛṇṇātfrom the wounded (ā-tṛṇṇa, abl.); from the gashed; from the wounded
प्रैतिpraitigoes; he sets out
रसःrasaḥthe sap (rasa); the sap; the sap
वृक्षात्vṛkṣātfrom the tree; from the tree
इवivahow; as it were
आहतात्āhatātfrom the felled (ā-hata, abl.); from the hewn; from the felled
Traducción
From his skin blood oozes, as sap from the bark; therefore it comes out of a wounded man as sap from a tree that is hacked.
Versión
f9cbf089385c · publicado 27 jul 2026, 1:08:05 UTC
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The second correspondence is the flows: blood from the skin, as sap from the bark. A wounded man and a hacked tree run out alike — in both, life is liquid and breaks out through any breach.
The verse levels pain irresistibly: a tree "bleeds", a man's "sap flows"; whoever has seen resin on a cut has seen a wound. Hence the old reverence for trees: to fell one is an act that requires the justification of a sacrifice, for you are felling a kinsman.